The Chinese women's national sevens rugby union team represents China in Rugby sevens at an international level. They have competed in the Rugby World Cup Sevens since the women's inaugural tournament in 2009, and have also competed at the Summer Olympics, making their debut in Tokyo in 2020.
History China were the 2014 Asian women's sevens champions. They qualified for the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens after finishing the 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series in second place, they placed 12th overall at the World Cup.
China qualified for the 2020 Olympics at the 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
2024 In 2024, they participated in the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series; they won the first round of the series which took place in Dubai. They also won the second leg that was held in Montevideo, Uruguay in March. China was crowned 2024 Sevens Challenger Series Champions after winning the final leg in Kraków; they secured their place at the new SVNS Play-off promotion and relegation competition in Madrid.
Tournament history
Rugby World Cup Sevens Rugby World Cup SevensYearRoundPosition 2009Bowl Winners9th6420 2013Bowl Semifinalists11th5140 2018Challenge Trophy Semifinalists12th4130 202213th-place Final13th4220Total0 Titles4/4198110
Summer Olympics Olympic Games recordYearRoundPosition 2016Did not qualify 2020 7th place match 7th 6 2 4 0 20245th place match6th6240Total0 Titles2/312480
Women's SVNS Results
2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens World Series 2013–14 IRB Women's Sevens World Series 2014–15 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2015–16 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2021–22 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2022–23 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2023–24 SVNS World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
Asian Games Asian GamesYearRoundPosition 2010Final6510 2014Final6600 2018Final6510 2022Final4400Total2 Title4/422 20 2 0
Players
Current squad China's squad to the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series: No.Players2Yan Meiling5Gu Yaoyao7Chen Keyi11Liu Xiaoqian12Yu Hu15Dou Xinrong16Sun Yue17Gao Yueying18Su Qi23Kang Chengtian28Ma Xiaodan30Wang Zhaojing
Previous squads
References